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number8
09-24-2014, 03:24 PM
Fun start. I love watching the team behave more like spies. Still all about the MacGuffins again, though, so nothing substantial to get excited about yet. Some thoughts I had while watching:

- Seeing the Howling Commandos again is such a treat. I hope Neal McDonough shows up often in Agent Carter.

- Called the Simmons thing almost immediately. It's getting to be a really obvious trope when you have someone only ever interacting or acknowledged by one other person.

- Crazy how much better Brett Dalton is at playing creepy than playing Squarejaw Goodguy.

- Legit laughed out loud at Coulson's impersonation of Talbot.

- Reed Diamond is the man. Marvel continues to mine more recent characters rather than the classics. I can't believe we're already at a point where a Jonathan Hickman creation gets a live action portrayal.

Thirdmango
09-25-2014, 12:18 AM
Best episode of the series. I was entertained every single moment.

Absorbing Man is an amazing villain to have around.

Also adding so many to main cast is a great idea. This show needs more people and it's great to see so many good actors I've liked in other things.

Mara
10-05-2014, 12:41 AM
Catching up. I appreciate all Sierra/Victor jokes.

Mara
10-07-2014, 10:40 PM
I did not know that Clark Gregg is married to Jennifer Grey.

Mara
10-09-2014, 02:47 PM
Well. This episode had be genuinely upset at one point and terribly anxious at another. Apparently I became emotionally invested in this show without realizing it.

number8
10-09-2014, 03:07 PM
Yeah, terrific episode. The changes they've made to Fitz, Simmons, Ward, and Skye aren't just a fresh makeover, they're a tenfold improvement on how those characters were in the first season.

Mara
10-09-2014, 03:30 PM
In case there are Angel/SHIELD fans on the board:

Ward in the Box is Angelus in the Basement Redux, right? The writing, angles, facial expressions are really close.

number8
10-22-2014, 05:06 PM
Kyle MacLachlan is pretty great in this.

Mara
10-22-2014, 08:47 PM
And Adrianne Palicki! She's so pretty. And tall.

number8
10-22-2014, 09:03 PM
I thought she looked really tall on the show, so I looked it up and turns out she's the exact same height as me. So everyone else on the show are short...?

Winston*
10-22-2014, 09:14 PM
If I gave up watching around the middle of the first season, should I just start back up at the beginning of this season?

number8
10-22-2014, 09:55 PM
If I gave up watching around the middle of the first season, should I just start back up at the beginning of this season?

Most people will tell you that the show got good in the last 6 post Winter Soldier episodes of S1, but even those were still partly tying up the awful Clairvoyant/Deathlok plot lines of that season.

Since the new season is pretty much a complete overhaul of the show, I think you can just jump right in. There are some major changes to the premise and the characters, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out the new status quo.

Mara
10-22-2014, 10:10 PM
There was some great stuff at the end of last season, but it would take ages to work up to it and may not be worth the trouble. Just start with this season.

Mara
10-22-2014, 10:18 PM
Adrianne Palicki is 5' 11", which is really quite tall for a woman. I think they put her in heels, too. Simmons and May are both 5' 4", which is on the shorter side of normal, but she towered over them. Coulson is 5' 9".

I like Palicki's hair dark, but her HYDRA hair was really unflattering. It was marginally better once she let it down.

So, "queerbaiting" is a pretty loaded term, but there was a lot of it floating around this episode. Simmons fangirling over Bobbi, of course, was both adorable and a shorthand for the audience to know that we are supposed to be all over this girl. And Fitz subconsciously checking out Mac was pretty funny. Still, those two moments really highlighted how hetero the show has been so far. It's unusual for a show with this much Whedon involved to be so straight.

number8
10-23-2014, 03:40 PM
Yeah, I hope they play more with the Fitz/Mack thing. Would be interesting if he's so lonely that he just falls in love with anyone he's partnered with.

Mara
10-23-2014, 04:27 PM
That's an interesting thought. Fitz definitely showed either jealousy or infatuation with both Skye and Ward last year, briefly, when partnered with them. In fact, his anger over Ward's betrayal had a tinge of heartbreak to it.

number8
11-12-2014, 01:55 PM
Badass episode last night, especially the Ward stuff. I wonder how long they can keep up this streak. Each episode has been better than the last.

Dukefrukem
11-12-2014, 01:55 PM
So this is worth watching now?

Thirdmango
11-12-2014, 02:59 PM
Yeah this is in my top 3 of currently airing.

Qrazy
11-12-2014, 04:34 PM
Yeah, that last episode was very strong.

Mara
11-13-2014, 05:24 PM
I am totally into this. The team is getting great, the story lines are totally intriguing. The biggest misfire characters last year (Ward and Skye) are both fascinating this season. Mack and Trip need more fleshing out, but other than that I'm totally on board with these characters.

And this arc is perfect: answered a bunch of questions so we don't feel strung along, but opened up an intriguing new direction.

"Sebastian" is totally Bobby from Cougar Town and I am having trouble calling him anything but Bobby and I am also not finding him super scary as a result.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCklhOVUcg

If it turns out this show shares a universe with Dollhouse I will be so happy. We can bring over Topher. And Adelle. I can totally see the Rossum Corporation being a front for Hydra.

number8
11-19-2014, 03:44 AM
Another terrific ep. Streak continues. Even the dialogue felt like it stepped up this ep, a bit impressed by that.

Ward's story, holy shit. That entire subplot kept me off my feet the whole time it was playing out this ep, not knowing where it was going. The news story twist is just WTF.

Kyle McLachlan is kinda amazing in this. Might be my favorite role of his since Twin Peaks. Loved the CG deaging in the flashback making him look like he did in Blue Velvet.

A waste of Dichen Lachman, though, in such a mute role. Hopefully she'll show up again in flashbacks in the future.

They basically all but said in this ep that it's definitely about Inhumans. The myth building is getting very intriguing. I love the heck out of the villian threeway set up at the end.

Mara
11-20-2014, 01:08 AM
My thoughts:

Ahhh DICHEN LACHMAN YESSSSSS!

Why would you bring in Dichen Lachman to just cry and struggle?

Nooooooooooooooooo Dichen Lachman!

***

Other than that; pretty good. If Ward really did just kill his brother and his parents, that is a really dark note to just throw away.

Where is brother Thomas?

number8
11-20-2014, 03:33 AM
Er... Didn't they say Ward killed him in the well?

Mara
11-20-2014, 11:45 AM
I'm fairly certain they said "almost".

Mara
11-20-2014, 12:50 PM
The internet says he's alive somewhere. There's a sister, too.

Dukefrukem
11-30-2014, 02:49 PM
I'm 6 episodes in and it's been pretty bad. When does it get good?

number8
11-30-2014, 03:05 PM
It's been great. So I don't know what you're talking about. I mean there's only been 8 episodes.

Dukefrukem
12-02-2014, 01:02 PM
It's been great. So I don't know what you're talking about. I mean there's only been 8 episodes.

The first season?

There was literally a line in the pilot where the bad guy said something like: "This is an origin story". I almost spit my coffee out and I wasn't even drinking any.

And the whole Skye subplot so far has been really eyesrolling worthy. Although I'll put up with her as long as there is an episode every now and then with her in her underwear.

number8
12-02-2014, 04:57 PM
Okay, well, you're posting in the Season 2 thread where we all said to skip ahead to Season 2 and don't bother with Season 1.

Dukefrukem
12-02-2014, 05:23 PM
Okay, well, you're posting in the Season 2 thread where we all said to skip ahead to Season 2 and don't bother with Season 1.

I figured it was better to ask questions in the most active thread rather than to bump an old thread. So I should skip season 1 entirely?

Mara
12-03-2014, 12:45 AM
I figured it was better to ask questions in the most active thread rather than to bump an old thread. So I should skip season 1 entirely?

The first season gets good about 3/4 of the way in, but the general consensus is that it's not worth the build up. The second season has been very solid, though.

Mara
12-04-2014, 06:57 PM
I swear to you, if this show
kills off Mack before giving him one decent plotline, I'm gonna break something.

Mara
12-10-2014, 07:23 PM
I swear to you, if this show
kills off Mack before giving him one decent plotline, I'm gonna break something.

This applies tp other character as well. :(

Otherwise, this episode killed it. They are not afraid of moving this plot forward.

number8
12-11-2014, 03:36 AM
Great stufffff. It's interesting that the obelisk, the city, Skye and her dad's identity all end up being the obvious answers that most Marvel fans guessed, but whatever. They nailed that plotline, and the last half of this ep was genuinely thrilling.

number8
12-11-2014, 03:41 AM
Also, seriously, again, what a get McLachlan is. He's just terrific in this.

Morris Schæffer
02-10-2015, 04:12 PM
3 eps into s1 and I'm not against what I'm seeing. It's fast, colorful, there's some easygoing chemistry, Gregg can really anchor a show, he's great and hilarious, the various references to Marvel's universe are cool to have, but I'm stupefied that there's 21 more episodes of...this. Nowadays, with all the good/great shows being 10-13, 24 seems unending given the lack of an overarching (so far) storyline.

Has the 24-episode season been played out? Isn't any show better off sticking to 10-13 episodes? Seems like a considerably lesser challenge to actually ensure the whole season will rock.

So 21 more. Will ride it out. But fuck. 21 more to go.

Mara
02-28-2015, 02:17 PM
Since Skye's mother was pretty much immortal, it's entirely possible that she went to the United States during the 40's and had a love affair with Agent Sousa.

number8
03-03-2015, 03:04 PM
Tonight!

Inhumans!

Yes!

number8
03-04-2015, 04:32 AM
Dat Godfather homage.

Good return.

number8
03-14-2015, 11:55 PM
I was worried at the beginning of this last episode that it's gonna be back to season one's Scooby-Dooing, but everything in the back half was just awesome.

number8
03-20-2015, 05:24 PM
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Mara
03-20-2015, 07:09 PM
I miss Ward.

Things I could never have imagined in season 1.

Mara
03-25-2015, 05:39 PM
The expository dialogue in the first scene was sooooo bad.

However, Talbot mansplaining lawnmowers was fantastic.

number8
03-27-2015, 12:43 AM
Talbot won that episode.

"It's too early for Taco Tuesday."

number8
04-01-2015, 02:18 AM
So many BSG references.

Mara
04-08-2015, 06:54 PM
YES PLEASE

number8
04-10-2015, 04:05 AM
I have no idea which part you're reacting to but I'm loving all the developments. Fitz! Simmons! Deathlok! Ward! Skyemom! Huntersnark!

Mara
04-11-2015, 02:22 PM
I have no idea which part you're reacting to but I'm loving all the developments. Fitz! Simmons! Deathlok! Ward! Skyemom! Huntersnark!

ALL OF IT

Qrazy
04-22-2015, 04:26 AM
What is even happening in this show anymore?

number8
04-23-2015, 03:44 AM
Awesome stuff.

So apparently Hunter and Mockingbird are going to be moving onto the spinoff show. Maybe that will be more of a traditional gritty spy show, while AoS deals with the Inhumans?

Acapelli
04-27-2015, 02:20 AM
skye is quake! how did i not catch that earlier? i feel like such a dummy

i mean we've known she was daisy for a while

number8
04-27-2015, 01:38 PM
Wait, how behind are you?

number8
04-29-2015, 02:01 AM
That was awesome.

GET HYPE.

Peng
04-29-2015, 10:27 AM
They've really come far from the first season. Loved Skye's long-take action scene.

Peng
04-29-2015, 11:15 AM
Also, I about died at her Sonic the Hedgehog gag.

Dukefrukem
04-29-2015, 06:20 PM
Gonna be waiting a while before Season 2 gets on Netflix for me to watch, but I saw this on twitter and thought it looked cool.


http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--gFV0m9KV--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_63 6/1230275746908764335.gif

Qrazy
05-05-2015, 05:44 AM
The problem with this show is the entire thing is just an endless fucking retcon. The good thing about the show is they've just embraced pure fan service so it's entertaining in that regard.

number8
05-06-2015, 04:37 PM
Holy shit that was an awesome episode. They had like 10 twists in the last 15 minutes.

Mara
05-13-2015, 11:51 PM
Jiaying is Jasmine! Or Glory.

We've visited this well, is what I'm saying.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:17 AM
Glad Mack isn't gone.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:21 AM
Mr. Hyde looks ridiculous.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:24 AM
Hey this here's a two-parter.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:38 AM
Bobbi's sweater was so cute. And it got SO WRECKED.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:39 AM
I wonder if forehead-face and Daredevil would be friends.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:44 AM
Mack is handsome as all git out.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:47 AM
Jemma's timing is terrible. And the writing for this scene is clunky.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:52 AM
I do not ship Fitz and Jemma.

Fitz and Mack forever.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:54 AM
Yesssssss Lincoln way to be good.

Skye and Lincoln forever.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:56 AM
Purple pants replicating lady could make so much money if she bought expensive clothes, replicated, and then sold the copies.

Mara
05-14-2015, 12:59 AM
Is Dichen pregnant? She looks... different. Not heavier, just sort of... softer.

Mara
05-14-2015, 01:02 AM
Mack! Swooping in with Chekov's axe!

Mara
05-14-2015, 01:08 AM
Ward just does not make good romantic decisions. Ever.

number8
05-14-2015, 02:59 AM
I... I loved every single scene in that 2 hour finale. That is absolutely how you end a season. It's great how the action seamlessly mixed the grounded, hardcore elements (Ward vs Bobbi) with the fantastic (Mack vs Gordon).

Kyle MacLachlan and Adrianne Palicki are total MVPs.

number8
05-14-2015, 03:44 PM
Damn, the last episode of Flash beat this finale's ratings.

In fact, the finale was the lowest rated of the entire show.

MadMan
08-25-2015, 05:24 AM
I'm enjoying Season 2 of this show much more than Season 1. I also like the new additions to the cast.

Milky Joe
12-29-2015, 10:35 AM
"I really wish I hadn't eaten that Hot Pocket earlier."

Dukefrukem
12-16-2017, 11:59 AM
This ends up being really fun towards the end of the season. I'm on episode 18 and I like how things are coming together. Interested where they are going with Sky's arc....

Dukefrukem
12-18-2017, 06:24 PM
Finished Season 2- I'm thoroughly impressed with some of the fight scenes in the last two episodes. Really enjoyed a lot of the movie tie ins. The stuff after Winter Soldier and Age Ultron was well done.

Peng
12-20-2017, 07:43 AM
Just saw your comment. Yeah I can't decide if this or Season 4 is my favorite. It's a step up in every way, but Kyle MacLachlan as villain may be the biggest reason why I really liked this.